Better lighting, better shadows, and the team is still aiming for that lofty 60 frames per second plateau. Interestingly, Wells confirmed that Naughty Dog started work on the Remastered edition for PS4 almost immediately after the PS3 version shipped:

"We had a lot of people on the forums saying 'can I play this on PlayStation 4?' We've been actually anticipating that, and started working on it pretty much as soon as we finished the PlayStation 3 [version]. We weren't sure whether it was going to go anywhere, but when we saw the fans clamoring for it we doubled-down, and put more effort behind it."

This great package will also feature all previously released downloadable content, commentary by director Neil Druckmann and voice actors Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson, and other goodies. Don't forget that Naughty Dog has at least two internal design teams; one is working on Remastered while the other is cranking away on that new Uncharted title for PS4. Wells did add that the "lion's share" of ND employees are indeed working on the latter project.

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If you haven't played TLoU before, it is absolutely worth $60. If you have, not so much. Saw an article a little earlier comparing the visuals of the PS3 game and the image from the trailer, and while the difference isn't huge, it certainly is noticeable. There's a lot more detail and clarity in the entire image. It's beautiful.

I find it surprising that ND is doing this themselves, though. Would have thought that it would have been farmed out, but maybe it's a quick job that allows them to get a better handle on the PS4's architecture by migrating older assets over? Also, I hope this releases soon so that the ND team working on it can get started on something new!

What I'm more surprised is that after the game releases ND jumps to the next platform and remaster this. It's as if they put their best effort to the game, then immediately say their effort wasn't the best.

From a business, and even a creative, standpoint, it makes sense for ND to remaster it now. It'll sell better now when there is comparatively little on the PS4, whereas there would, I think, be less interest in it in a year's time after a sequel has been announced and there's dozens of quality games available for the system. Besides that, there is still hype floating around for the game and it is very much in the public consciousness. Can't predict the future, but I get a funny feeling that the passion for the title will have dulled in a year's time.

Creatively, it allows ND a quick way to get a better idea of the PS4's architecture, as well as get the remaster out of the way now so that they're primary effort going forward is on creating their next game without having to worry about doing it then.

I don't see it as this being an admission that their effort in the original release wasn't their best. I see it as them thinking they did a good enough job that they can justify putting another year's effort into making it better in subtle ways. I mean, you always want to do the best that you can, and when an avenue like this (being able to recreate your vision better than it originally was) opens up, you take it. Well, I would anyway, though it would be for the sake of doing it better than because of any potential financial gain.

I noticed a mention to PSX Extreme's Game of the Year award in there, well done chaps.

As for the game, I imagine it will be a title I pick up long after I have gotten my PS4. so probably sometime in later 2015. I am content with the PS3 version for now but value the addition of 1080p resolution.

what a waste!instead of creating amazing new ideas, and creating something from the ground up to truly utilize and show off what the ps4 can do, we get this crap!yea there still doing uncharted, but it would of been way better to either put the whole studio on that, or use this team to create a new creative IP, or at the least a sequel.so f*cking frustrating, weve put up with the same crap over and over and over and over and over and over and over again for SEVEN freaking years, new consoles FINALLY come out, and were treated by having to put up with the same crap AGAIN!seriously, $ony, why did you bother releasing the ps4 if all were going to be getting is f*cking ps3 games with a coat of varnish on top!?

really dont understand what the *&^% is going on at $ony this year!they started off with a absolute flyer last year being first out the gate to announce their new console, they had a decent showing process in between there and launch, created so much hype, had a half decent launch lineup, than a few titles slipped back, and now its all gone to hell!launch titles totally MIA and have been for 6+ months now, $ony keeps assuring yea you will see driveclub very soon, very soon later they say very soon, very soon later they say very soon, before you know it 2+ months have passed!we have no exclusives to look forward to now set for this year.NOTHING!they say the order will be out, but everyone else who has played the game says theres no way it will be ready.nothing!this from the company who was first out to reveal their next gen system, this from the company who had a freaking freight train behind them coming into the new year, this from the company who has THE most first party studios in the industry!and what are we getting from all that preparation, confidence and perseverance?oodles and oodles of indie titles, and HD remakes of ps3 games, totally what people spend 550+ bucks on a new console for!it completely flabbergasts me how $ony was the first to announce their system, seemed like everything was so calm collected and worked on forever, yet now its the total opposite!the ps4 now feels exactly like the wiiu did on launch, like ninty went oh sh*t its going to take HOW long to complete these games!?really disappointing to go from seeing the console reveal, seeing all the previews and everything for it, to now saying ok ive had it in my hands for 6 months, now what.........?why is the company with the biggest first party studio lineup in the industry shown nothing for us ps4 owners to look forward to this year?why?you cant wait till E3 to give people a reason to buy your system, hell at this point allot of people are waiting for a reason to keep the dam thing!and HD remakes of ps3 games, no matter how good they were, certainly aint the answer to that question!nor are indie games.oh well serves me right, i truly believed $ony had learned from the ps3s launch, and would have allot of first party stuff lined up for the first year of release.i guess its my fault for being so gullible.